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Sam Barton

@sambarton.bsky.social
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Choir director, tenor soloist, and composer based in Brighton, UK. I also play the double bass and have a license to drive a bus. I like sweary cross-stitch. he/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
@thetrawl.bsky.social This definitely needs to go in an upcoming episode: www.thepoke.com/2026/05/07/p...
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People have been sharing the Zack Polanski ‘scandals’ they think the media need to know about – 28 shocking transgressions
Even if you’ve been a fan of Zack Polanski’s very frank style of politics over the past year, a few stories about him may recently have given you pause. Much is being made of the Green Party Leader de...
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I first went to Denton when I was around 6 or 7 years old to see an orthodontist. Naturally I thought Denton was where all the dentists come from.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Absolutely thrilled to wake up to a new Green MP having been elected; THIS is how you stick it to the establishment! 😁 💚
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In today's edition of "weird things to find in a train toilet": Pasta. In the sink.
A sink in a train toilet. It contains pasta;  cooked.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Not as popular as the Four Seasons or the Gloria, but I've heard good things...
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I've decided after the 7 day free trial that I no longer want to continue with 2026 and would like to cancel my subscription. Thanks
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2025 from a political and global perspective was pretty wtf on so many levels. Despite all of that, I have had a year with many good things to be grateful for. In particular, I have pet so many dogs. I hope 2026 brings me more dogs to pet.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Fun fact: The very first advert to ever play on Channel 5 was for Chanel no.5.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Disko Balls by Käärijä just dropped and it is OUTSTANDING.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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London Labour MPs 'sh*tting it' over the Green Party surge
Halloween may be over for the rest of us, but for Labour MPs every day is the scariest time of the year now that the Green Party is surging
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I'm going to put it out there, that if you have to have a cognitive test that maybe, just maybe, it should disqualify you from the presidency...
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Has anyone else noticed that the first letter of each verse of 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended' spells out TWATS? #choir
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Haven't been on here for a while! Anyhoo, here's a picture of a purple mushroom. #mushroomsofbluesky
A purple mushroom being held by a human hand.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Thoughts and prayers.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I'm very excited to be spending next week in Chichester participating in the Girton Conducting Course! There's some great repertoire on the menu, including Brahms 4 and Copland's Appalachian Spring (chamber version).
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
'Squid Game' is an anagram of 'aged quims'.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Here's a clip of Loveday Singers rehearsing 'In Flanders Fields'
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
On Tuesday July 1st I have two pieces being performed by the Loveday Singers, 'In Flanders Fields' and 'The Key To Change'. If you are around Woking or can get there easily I thoroughly recommend you check out the concert, they are a superb choir!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The LAPD is a criminal gang.
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U.S. Federal Department of Propaganda @usfdop.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I'm singing in this, it's going to be amazing. The timing is even civilised enough that you could easily travel to Brighton from a city such as London to come and watch it! (The venue is around 10 mins walk from the Brighton station) fienta.com/b16-present-...
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B16 present ‘To the Sea…’
Sat 7. June at 19:00 - 20:00
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I hope next year's venue is in Fucking. #eurovision
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I bought a packet of jersey royal potatoes, and three had conjoined...
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I just drove home listening to BBC Radio 3 and they were playing a delightful rendition of The Swan by Saint-Saëns with piano and theremin!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I just saw an advert that pronounced 'gigabyte' as 'jigabyte' and now I feel violated.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Got an upgrade on my flight home from India, that'll do nicely! Thank you Emirates 😁
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Artist David Hockney, No 346, 22nd May 2020, iPad drawing. From his series The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
Artist David Hockney, No 346, 22nd May 2020, iPad drawing.
From his series The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.

Created on an iPad during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, it captures the essence of spring in Normandy. 
It is part of a series of 116 iPad paintings documenting the arrival of spring. 
Hockney created these works outdoors, finding it an antidote to the anxieties of the time. 
The paintings showcase the changing landscape from late winter to early summer. 
The style and technique are reminiscent of Impressionists like Monet. 
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/04/2025
this thing is going to sell so much better than it would have, simply because it is so clearly the anti-Cybertruck
A VW ID Buzz in an aquamarine retro paint job, in a Portland neighborhood, in bright sunligh
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Obligatory holiday beer as I head off to India for a week!
Delicious mandatory holiday beer
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I just saw a scaffolding truck which said 'erection specialists' on the side.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I made a little tag for the choir! Anyhoo, come and join us on May 9 and 10 at the Chapel Royal in Brighton for 'Nerds' when we will be celebrating all things nerdy! Tickets are available at resoundvoices.org Be there and be square!
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Resound Voices | Choir | Brighton and Hove, UK
Resound Voices is a low-voice choir based in Brighton and Hove. "We love singing. We love singing for you. We love singing for ourselves. We just love singing. Proudly genre-fluid, we are Resound Vo...
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RESOUND VOICES @resoundvoices.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Nerds! 9 + 10 May www.resoundvoices.org
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
As an EV user, I'm so grateful that the one I bought isn't a Tesla! Bright orange Vauxhall Corsa ftw!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social How about 'reformication'?
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Overwhelming sentiment up here is people wanting to figure out how to permanently divest Canada from USA as soon as possible. It breaks my heart to see such a mutually beneficial relationship squandered for no reason
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I'm a couple of days late because of work, but I'm just finishing up my first listen of Mayhem by Lady Gaga and it's just perfection.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A perfect party!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
On May 9 and 10 @resoundvoices.bsky.social are celebrating all things Nerdy! Our concert includes music from The Legend of Zelda, The Hobbit, Barbie, Game of Thrones, and Spiderman, to name but a few! Tickets available through the Resound website: www.resoundvoices.org
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Resound Voices | Choir | Brighton and Hove, UK
Resound Voices is a low-voice choir based in Brighton and Hove. "We love singing. We love singing for you. We love singing for ourselves. We just love singing. Proudly genre-fluid, we are Resound Vo...
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I find it genuinely amusing that my algorithm keeps advertising at me to join Fitness First, when my local Fitness First (Brighton), of which I was a member, decided to close down on Tuesday with only 24 hours notice 🙄
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Idea for a biopic about that marvellous composer who wrote a certain War Requiem: Britten's Got Talent.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Around 15 years ago I made this (with the help from a couple of friends!)
A piece of music with a load of semi-breves/whole-notes on the second line of a musical stave. The tune is actually Happy Birthday written with strange clefs and metric modulations.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Gosh there's only another three months left of January to go!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Here's Resound Voices doing the THX theme!
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Meanwhile in Germany, the town of Wank is not allowed to use its “I ❤️ Wank” slogan during the skiing World Cup. In summary: No Wanking.
Facebook post by news website TAZ
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Ian Tucker-Bell @iantuckerbell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Janey got it right.
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
When I studied in Toronto back at the start of the 2010s, I had the joy of discovering so much amazing Canadian choral music. This is one of my favourite pieces by Ruth Watson-Henderson and I'm thrilled to be working on it with Worthing Choral Society this term. Concert is on March 22 btw!
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Sam Barton @sambarton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Generic post about the snow.
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